I've been trying to install the latest version of Authoring Works 4 (4.0.6.28) and it always freezes the system. My machine is running XP Pro 32 bit. Is there a known issue with this installation? Does the previous version need to be uninstalled first?

your operating system that needs redoing.
or your master hdd is corrupt, which is causing the installation to freeze as the hdd is not read and writing correctly and missing data via the transfer.

there shouldn't be an issue at all with the installation otherwise.

No, it's definitely a software issue with the installer. Other programs load/run just fine and the system is fairly new. I have another machine that runs Vista, I could try it on that.

It may also be a bad download. Try and re-download the installer to make sure.

Hi there,
I have the exact same problem.
I tried to install the newest version (4.0.6.28 I think) and it freezes at the installer. I tried to deinstall the old one, cleaned/defragmented the registry, downloaded it again and even let the computer running over night to see whether it just needs some more time but nothing worked. I'm running XP Pro 32Bit with 3.8 Gh P4 and 4 Gb RAM. Could it be that the file at the server is corrupt?
Help would much apprechiated!
Thanks
Alex

I just downloaded and installed the latest version and it works fine on my comp. Windows XP SP3 32-bit, Pentium 4 3.4GHz, 2.75 GB RAM.

AND im going to re iterate my statement.

its your os.

just because other software seem to be fine, it only takes a little thing to make everything go wrong.

Hi,
I just installed it on an other XP on the same HD and it worked. I didn't try to run the software yet but the installation was just fine.
I think you where right Mathew, it is the OS. Its just confusing because I can install other software just smooth. It might even be that it won't run together with a particular set of software. Well, time will tell.
Happy Authoring...
Cheers
Alex

Ok, I finally got a chance to try to install this version on my 64 bit Vista machine and it freezes at the exact same point, so that rules out the "OS". The freeze is symptomatic of a memory leak or endless loop, but since others are having success it may just be a conflict with other software. My XP and Vista computers have very little in common software wise, with the following exceptions: they both have Norton 2010 Internet Security, and both run the same NVidia software. I have a laptop running Windows 7 RC and could try to install on that for kicks, but it too is running Norton 2010 and uses NVidia drivers.

Bottom line, there is a problem with the installer.

Have you tried disabling Norton?

bottom line is that there isnt a issue at all with the installer. just sadly that some people arent as experienced as others to realize that there OS just isnt well enough to do the installation, and its also possible that the hdd needs to have the chkdks done .

Is there someway to set TMA4 to burn multiple copies of a file (rather than having to go back to the burning tool each time)??

It doesn't seem like it.

no, but if you do a suggestion to them, i would also say if they would eb able to put in an option to verify the burn like imgburn does that would be great.

Why the need for windows media player? There are so many great and free alternatives that do the same work much better and without the f****n DRM!

I'm guessing it has to do with DirectShow. Developers often use the Windows Media Player SDK instead of the DirectShow SDK because it is easier to work with.

Hi Iam trying to add hardcodec subtitles to a movie via the filter "subtitles", I can import the srt file, but when I encode the movie the subtitles has the <i> </i> showing and not doing the italic effect that the tag is suppossed to do.....

any ideas how to fix this?

To my knowledge, you can't; 4.0 XPress simply doesn't recognize srt/html tags.

xpress can import the subs, but will only work with its own "custom" layout ie it wont work of the users subs from file.

Hi,

I've been using TAW4 to import .avi files from my Canon S1000 camera. Of the 40+ tracks I've done none of them have the audio in sync with the video. (What is really bad is I deleted the .avi's before I looked at the output.) Anyway, when trying to "fix" the out of sync audio in TAW4, sometimes it is in sync and sometimes it is out of sync and all I do is play the same track over and over. I can not figure out how to fix this problem. Any help would be appreciated. I love the ease of the TAW4 product but it doesn't seem to work for my application.

TIA,

Keith

I'M tryng Karma with WIN 7 64 and it don't work. With Vista 64 it was great. Are Karma and Win 7 compatible?.
Thank you

Hi staff,
I'm using TMPGEnc DVD Author 4. I create DivX Ultra NTSC from a Xvid video file (800Kbps, ~350Mb). When encoding (output) it show only ~23 minutes done, faster than TMPGEnc Xpress 4 (more than 1 hours) :>
I try many options in TMPGEnc Xpress 4 but it can't compare with best speed TMPGEnc DVD Author 4's encoder. Anh the quality of both is same!
I'm using DivX 7 Pro and lastest Xvid codec.
One ~23 minutes and one more than 1 hours.
Can you explain for me! Thanks!

I'm guessing it's Authoring Works 4's smart rendering engine, which doesn't re-encode video unless it has to. Didn't realize it could be applied to Xvid video, but perhaps as long as it's compatible with DivX players, it can utilize smart rendering when output as DivX? In the Source stage, do you see the smart rendering icon in the clip list (a blue "SR" that appears on the clip thumbnail)?

Do you have any plans to support OpenCL instead of just CUDA? Even NVIDIA will be supporting OpenCL. Nvidia product never work correctly with my video editing setup but I would really love to have OpenCL support for accelerated encoding with my ATI products.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenCL

こんにちは。韓国のメガスタディ（株）のリュイン国です。
現在、お客様のTMPGEnc 4.0 XpressをTEST中です
Panasonic HPX - 150カメラPanasonic 16GB SD CARDで撮影して、MTSファイルをWMV9でエンコードして、使用しています。
SD CARDには、4GB（26分06秒）ずつのクリップが生成され、TMPGEnc 4.0で複数のクリップを1つに合わせて1つのファイルに抽出します。
しかし、この過程で、自動的に作成されたクリップの接続部分が映像と音声の両方5fps〜10fpsが抜けて見えるという問題が発生しました。
もしかしたら、カメラからSD CARDに保存処理に問題があるし、複数のMTSのクリップをP2 DVCPRO HD（MXF）に変換して、Avidからの確認の結果
テキストには、異常なしが発見されました。
TMPGEnc 4.0 Xpressエンコーダに問題があるのでないことを確認お願い致します。ありがとうございました。

Try the Japanese bbs. You'll probably get a better response there.

http://bbs2.pegasys-inc.com/bbs.php?board=ja_te40

translated


Hello. Korean mega-study (shares) of Ryuin country.
Currently, customers in TMPGEnc 4.0 Xpress is a TEST
Panasonic HPX - 150 camera to shoot with Panasonic 16GB SD CARD, MTS files encoded in WMV9 and are using.
SD CARD to, 4GB (26 minutes 06 seconds) is generated for each clip, TMPGEnc 4.0 multiple clips one by one according to the extract in one single file.
However, in this process, both the audio and visual portions of the clip was created automatically connect 5fps ~ 10fps was a problem that seems missing.
Maybe there is a problem from the camera to SD CARD to save processing, multiple clips MTS P2 DVCPRO HD (MXF) to convert, Avid confirmation from the results
The text, no abnormalities were found.
TMPGEnc 4.0 Xpress thank you confirm that there is not a problem with the encoder. Thank you.

my reply:

so what your saying is that when you transferred the data from the sd card, some data seems to be wrong


ので、何を言っしたときには、sdカードからのデータが転送され、いくつかのデータが間違っているようだ

yes, I believe you can!

Hello. I was wondering if anyone might know the trick to burning content onto dual layer DVDs in TMPGEnc4? I've burned a lot of single layer DVDs without any problems but if I try burning to a DL DVD then nothing usable is produced, yet I don't receive any errors and everything appears to process correctly. The discs won't play in any of my DVD players, including my PC, and produces a 'NO DISC' message in the displays. When I check Writer settings under Post-output process it recognizes the media and states 'This media disc is writable'. Plus, I know I have the hardware capability to burn playable dual layer discs because I can burn them using ImgBurn. Any help or input would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

HI,
I have burned DL with no problems with this program. My question is what media type are you trying to burn to. Verbatim's DL's are the best and I have no coasters with them. I just recently burned a DL Verbatim 2.4x and it works perfectly.

I haven't tried Memmorex, TDK, Playo yet, but will try them also.

What firmware/type of burner do you have. You mentioned that you can burn DL's with imgburn, so it may be the settings. Make sure that the speed matches the media.

These are just ideas so maybe someone else may have other ideas..

Mark

I have shot some footage on a Canon HF10. The footage was recorded as progressive 25 fps. When I import into TMPGenc 4.0 Xpress it sets the display mode to interlaced. I have 240 shots! do I have to really press edit on each shot and change the settings to progressive manually? Are there no batch ways to set this????

Please Help!!

Many thanks

I would guess that TMPGENC would be smart enough not to try and deinterlace a progressive video. Try a test video with the setting on interlaced and see if the output is progressive or not.

go straight to the output format and just ensure its progressive

A simple question, why there isn't native MKV support in TMPGEnc Authoring Works 4?

do you mean output or import?

I meant import. Sorry.

well i never have an issue with importing at all and i do it with quite a lot of mkv stuff